New UNDP Bangladesh Country Director due Sunday

The appointment of Mukerjee will boost the ongoing effort of the UNDP’s work with the government and people of Bangladesh, together with development partners, to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS).

Mukerjee is an architect and urban planner with over two decades of experience in international development.

He previously worked for the Government of India and the UK Department for International Development (DFID) before joining the United Nations (UN).

Before this new assignment, he was in UNDP Sierra Leone as their Country Director and before that worked with the UNDP in Iraq.